Any good history books to read?

[TsarTsar444]

What are the most interesting and fun but highly informative history books?

 

[UnderCovrN0rmie]

There's the Horrible Histories books by Terry Deary

Their target audience is children though, so they're not very deep

 

[TsarTsar444]

There's the Horrible Histories books by Terry Deary

Their target audience is children though, so they're not very deep

I mean something actually factual and interesting

 

[UnderCovrN0rmie]

I mean something actually factual and interesting

Well yeah, it's not fiction, it's researched better than actual documentaries and normal history books tbf, it's just not very deep

it got a TV show adaption too, and it's won a few awards because of how funny it is to adults ded srs

 

[Deleted member 3990]

most look good on the cover and sound good

but they bore me usually 50 sites in
I wish I could cope as a Pagan or Christian too

but I am too self-aware
one good thimg was "Edda" because it had a very rare writing style (in German) but it was hard to follow it

I think video animations which embody and play those stories actually mog books

I also prefer animal-documentaries over reading

might be my ADHD tho

 

[Deleted member 656]

The Twelve Caesars

 

[john2]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, or The Art Of War by Sun Tzu.

I would suggest these two books as they are pretty informative in learning lessons from closely examining historical case studies and deriving wisdom and meaning from it.

It's good to apply such lessons in real life.

I read these books too with interest - J L Mehta, advanced study of medieval India or Babarnama, the biography of the first Mughal ruler of India, if you are interested in the history of South Asian countries like India.

 

[Vermilioncore]

There is none

 

[Mesopotanian]

Odyssey and iliad.. Ancient greek history